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v.CARL E. scnwnsnn, or DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA', AssIeNoaor'oNE-HALF To FREDG. Y scIIwDsnIa or DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA. c

Hoe RINGER.

Application mea April 3, 192e; serial No. 99,557.-

invention relates to hog fringers, its being the provisionfof certain additions to the hog ringers now in common use whereby the ring may be closed toasize to fit `hogs of various sizes. j Itis moreover'myobject to provide such simple ladpresent hog ringers that they can be manufactured and sold at a very'low figure. In addition I provide a ring which can be securely clinched so that it will be impossible for .the ring to work loose when the hog is rooting.V Y

aving in view; these and other vobjects which will be mentioned in the following description, I will now refer to the drawings7 in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing my hog ringer, the jaws being shown in section to disclose the modification which I have added to the present hog ringer.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing the interior face of one of the jaws.

Figure 3 is an illustration of one of .the rings which I have provided, the ring being shown open as it'appears before 1t 1s 1nserted and clinched.

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the body portion of the tool with the ring 1n place preparatory to being'used.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the body portion of the tool, the jaws being partly closed with the point of the ring just entering the loop.

Figure 6 is a view in perspective of the jaw portion of the tool showing the .final step in the closing of the ring and the clinching of the point.

Figure 7 is an illustration of the ring as it appears when closed.

The tool which I use as the basis for my improvement consists of a pair of jaws 10 and 11 provided with handles 12 and 13 respectively and pivotally connected together by means of a pin 14. The jaw 11 has a groove 11a which extends throughout its length as shown in Figure 1. The jaw 1() is provided with side walls 10a and with end walls 10b, the end walls forming a B-shaped notch. In the tool as above described a ring having'a looped portion isinsertecl with the looped portion abutting against the end walls 10b and the closing of the jaws forces the pointed end of the ring through the looped portion thereof and out through the B-shaped lnotch between the end walls 10b.

Such rings are not `clii'iclied land the pointed end ofthe ring; extends to aV considerable .distance outside t-he ring. The ring isy not clinched Vor locked .in any .wayand Las aresult the hogs frequently dovenoughsrooting to vdisengage the ring. l f Y For yovercoming.this*serious defect of-the present tools, I` the jaw 10 and cated in Figure 1, andit should further be provided with a bevelled edge yat 15". A slight groove 16 is also cut in the jaw 10 eX- tending from thebase ofthe plug 15 toward the pivot.: The ring is then 'seated between vthe jaws as shown in Figure 4 with its drill anaperture. through swage aplug 15in vthis aper- Y.

ture. The plug must Vbe at-the `angle indi- '415 and of guiding the point of the ring into the groove 16 when closing the jaws of the i tool.

The ring which I employ is also a modiication of the rings at present in use. In the prior rings the loop was formed by turning the wire until its end abutted against the edge of the wire.V Such rings have proven to be unsatisfactory in use, since the loops frequently open either while being applied or after they `have been in, use for some time' To avoid this diliiculty I have formed the loop by lapping the end over the wire as shown in Figure 3, the lapped end being flattened. In the closing of the ring the pointed portionpis passed throughn the loop and parallel to one side of the loop as shown in Figure 7.

The prior hog ringers are designed for securing rings of different sizes to the snouts of the hogs, the size of the ring depending on the size of the hog. This necessitates that the farmer have a supply of rings of various sizes to meet any needs that may arise. The tool and ring which I provide requires the use of a ring in one size only. In thering the clinching begins as soon as the pointhas passed through the loop and it continues until the ring has been reduced to the smallest possible size. It is therefore only necessary to close the jaws until the ring has been reduced to fit the particular animal. The tool itself has also been modified to make it possible to adjustably close the jaws 2l 1 n n,

inexperienced personv ma large nor too small and that it is securely loeke'd against any possible displacement;

" `From the foregoing description it will be seen that Ihave provided a `tool for clinchingtheiiingand for closing it to any desired size, l'the ring being* linched for every Asize'. Moreover,`this tool is made by mak- -ing a slight but exceedingly important change in the' present well known hog ringers.` The adjustment is a simple matter of experience but the tool also has a feature in the set screw 17 whereby the adjustment can be quickly and easily made so that even an adjustably close' and clinch the ring. fter the ring is applied, it remains in place until removed United `States is jaw in together.

with a pairof pliers, since no amount of rooting by the animal can'v dislodge the ring. Having thus described my invention in such full, clear, and exact terms `thatrits 3o construction and operation willloe readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the A variable clinching attachment for hog ringers having a wire curving andi guiding jaw ,and an opposedwire loop socket jaw, comprising a plug carried by said socketA the socket and inclined toward ,the 40 outer'end of the jaw for engagement through :a a wire `loop in the socket andhavinga bev,- eled outer corner facing the `guiding jawfand adapted to receive the 'free end portion ofa wire as the latter passes throughsaidloop to deflect the free` endfportion ofthe wiregine? wardly of the jaws and beneath l"the inner side of the loop when said jaws are brought `In `testimony whereof I affix my signature.

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